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Current as of March 2021 • Salaries are estimates based on biweekly check totals.

Full-time employees

4,857

Number of departments

54

Median salary

$51,402.00

Average salary

$54,263.17

St. Louis city

Employees by salary range

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Departments

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Department

FT employees ↓ Median salary Average salary Median experience Top earner
Police Department 1,591 $63,605.62 $58,892.36 13.0 $150,999.94
Fire Department 787 $65,121.68 $63,076.36 18.0 $150,999.94
Airport Authority 346 $47,684.00 $53,012.87 12.0 $240,006.00
Water Division 252 $46,202.00 $51,186.47 10.0 $128,440.00
City Justice Center 208 $36,894.00 $39,141.12 8.0 $86,710.00
Building Division 175 $46,202.00 $50,122.65 14.0 $120,822.00
Division of Parks 113 $32,630.00 $40,599.35 11.0 $97,656.00
Refuse Division 112 $38,441.00 $40,420.25 11.0 $116,766.00
Street Division 106 $35,308.00 $39,893.57 15.0 $105,222.00
Division of Forestry 88 $32,630.00 $36,371.93 9.0 $88,010.00
Equipment Services Division 84 $54,223.00 $54,356.10 14.0 $130,130.00
Comptrollers Office 71 $54,678.00 $55,754.62 8.0 $124,670.00
Medium Security 69 $39,728.00 $41,377.30 14.0 $80,132.00
Traffic Division 67 $47,684.00 $48,294.42 11.0 $115,050.00
City Counselor 62 $61,594.00 $68,409.69 5.0 $161,356.00
Facilities Management 61 $35,802.00 $48,316.95 14.0 $138,086.00
Assessors Office 54 $39,767.00 $47,097.07 14.0 $126,334.00
City Marshals Office 45 $32,396.00 $33,889.56 4.0 $40,326.00
Human Services 44 $44,291.00 $48,431.50 5.5 $112,320.00
Board of Public Services 40 $57,174.00 $64,493.00 14.0 $196,664.00
Information Technology Services 40 $60,918.00 $69,136.60 12.0 $134,290.00
Department of Personnel 39 $44,278.00 $52,606.67 9.0 $163,228.00
Communicable Disease Control 37 $41,730.00 $45,631.41 2.0 $91,338.00
Neighborhood Stabilization 33 $46,878.00 $46,317.82 9.0 $64,844.00
Community Development Administration 32 $50,284.00 $55,321.50 7.0 $106,782.00
City Courts 27 $32,890.00 $40,977.79 8.0 $91,338.00
Community Sanitiation/Air Pollution/Vector 23 $42,874.00 $42,698.78 4.0 $63,440.00
Director of Health & Hospitals 23 $52,962.00 $57,865.83 3.0 $173,576.00
Division of Recreation 23 $32,838.00 $39,405.83 14.0 $116,766.00
Towing Division 21 $33,878.00 $37,561.33 8.0 $67,184.00
Department of Streets 20 $39,988.00 $42,272.10 15.0 $72,540.00
Mayors Office 20 $70,928.00 $82,968.05 2.0 $165,984.00
Family & Community Health 14 $40,456.00 $45,763.71 7.0 $72,800.00
Planning and Urban Design 14 $58,175.00 $63,090.86 8.0 $138,138.00
S.L.A.T.E 13 $52,182.00 $57,462.00 3.0 $130,156.00
Parks, Recration, and Forestry 11 $43,004.00 $49,719.09 5.0 $138,346.00
Public Utilities - Communications 10 $48,542.00 $52,408.20 20.0 $86,060.00
Supply Commissioner 10 $42,263.00 $46,506.20 4.0 $76,388.00
Multigraph Section 8 $48,269.00 $47,245.25 17.5 $61,802.00
Comptroller - Municipal Garage 7 $32,344.00 $35,144.57 5.0 $44,954.00
Director of Public Safety 7 $58,604.00 $81,766.29 10.0 $200,018.00
Mail Services 7 $32,136.00 $31,868.57 4.0 $32,136.00
Comptroller - Records 6 $34,112.00 $35,351.33 9.5 $43,004.00
Excise Division 6 $39,403.00 $49,161.67 5.5 $79,872.00
Affordable Housing 4 $60,606.00 $64,525.50 22.0 $102,128.00
Budget Division 4 $67,587.00 $78,442.00 29.5 $132,288.00
Civil Rights Enforcement Agency 4 $56,459.00 $62,855.00 18.5 $93,002.00
Civilian Oversight Board 4 $44,252.00 $52,546.00 5.5 $88,660.00
Animal Regulation & Control 3 $36,894.00 $37,171.33 5.0 $42,354.00
City Emergency Management Agency 3 $54,860.00 $51,852.67 3.0 $62,946.00
Operation Brightside 3 $46,878.00 $54,860.00 32.0 $73,892.00
Registers Office 3 $38,740.00 $45,058.00 1.0 $65,234.00
Soldiers Memorial 2 $46,722.00 $46,722.00 12.5 $60,554.00
B.P.S. - Special Events 1 $85,046.00 $85,046.00 2.0 $85,046.00

Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or median salary, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.